20Penn14
Freshman
Posts: 46
Reg: 02-26-12
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04-10-12 03:56 PM - Post#128180
http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_O...
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SteveChop
Junior
Posts: 232
Reg: 07-28-07
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04-10-12 04:16 PM - Post#128182
In response to 20Penn14
Another well deserved honor for Zack. Congratulations to him!
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palestra38
Professor
Posts: 8681
Reg: 11-21-04
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04-10-12 04:40 PM - Post#128184
In response to SteveChop
The Big 5 Player of the Year is not just "another award." As the article states, a Penn player has only won the award once since Haigler, McDonald and Price won in the '70s, and that was Ibby in 2007. It's really tremendous, and it's true recognition that he was, indeed, much better than Harrison Gaines.
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Penn pal
Masters Student
Posts: 931
Reg: 11-21-04
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04-10-12 04:59 PM - Post#128187
In response to palestra38
Kudos to Zack but was that really necessary? Can't you just enjoy the moment for Zack and the program?
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DCAJedi
Masters Student
Posts: 499
Age: 29
Loc: Somewhere.
Reg: 11-21-04
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04-10-12 05:02 PM - Post#128188
In response to Penn pal
Zack is only the sixth Penn player in program history to win the Geasey Trophy:
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pretzel/ 1468730...
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palestra38
Professor
Posts: 8681
Reg: 11-21-04
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04-10-12 05:07 PM - Post#128189
In response to Penn pal
Pal, I was giving myself the knock, not anyone else. However, as everyone is aware, I always was fond of Gaines, thought he was talented and wished things had worked out better.
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Penn pal
Masters Student
Posts: 931
Reg: 11-21-04
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04-10-12 08:36 PM - Post#128195
In response to palestra38
My bad. Just a case of typing before I thought. I know you've always been a Gaines advocate so I should have picked up on what you were saying. Getting old man.
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palestra38
Professor
Posts: 8681
Reg: 11-21-04
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04-11-12 06:57 AM - Post#128202
In response to Penn pal
Aren't we all? Well, time to move on to what should be a very interesting era.
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10Q
Professor
Posts: 6200
Loc: Suburban Philly
Reg: 11-21-04
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04-11-12 07:10 AM - Post#128203
In response to palestra38
Short Jewish guys around the globe are rejoicing in new hopes for their athletic careers, and just in time for softball season. Thank you Zach.
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Penn94
PhD Student
Posts: 1267
Loc: Dallas, Texas
Reg: 11-21-04
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04-11-12 10:07 AM - Post#128204
In response to 10Q
I don't know who this "Zach" is that you refer to. You'd think that all of his accolades and accomplishments would at least lead to Penn fans being able to spell Zack's first name correctly.
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10Q
Professor
Posts: 6200
Loc: Suburban Philly
Reg: 11-21-04
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04-11-12 11:07 AM - Post#128206
In response to Penn94
I can't help it if he spells his name wrong.
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palestra38
Professor
Posts: 8681
Reg: 11-21-04
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Another Award for Rosen
04-11-12 11:20 AM - Post#128207
In response to 10Q
Don't worry, Q, 94 is just a curmudgeon---he got all over me for calling Tottingham Hotspur "the" Spurs rather than just "Spurs". Must not be a lot of things to complain about down there in Texas.
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Quakers03
Postdoc
Posts: 3093
Reg: 12-07-04
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Another Award for Rosen
04-11-12 12:25 PM - Post#128208
In response to palestra38
As everyone around here knows, I agree with Penn94. There's no excuse for ever spelling his name wrong at this point.
Congrats to Zack on a great and well-deserved honor.
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pennhoops
Postdoc
Posts: 2118
Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: Another Award for Rosen
04-11-12 01:00 PM - Post#128212
In response to palestra38
Don't worry, Q, 94 is just a curmudgeon---he got all over me for calling Tottingham Hotspur "the" Spurs rather than just "Spurs". Must not be a lot of things to complain about down there in Texas.
It's not curmudgeonly. We get irritated when we're referred to as Penn State. The name is Spurs without the direct article.
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palestra38
Professor
Posts: 8681
Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: Another Award for Rosen
04-11-12 01:11 PM - Post#128214
In response to pennhoops
Wait a second. The name of the school is not Penn State, so calling it Penn State is just wrong. The name of the team is Tottingham Hotspur, so calling them either the Spurs or just Spurs is a matter of convention. Different thing. But I know that Americans who fancy themselves as soccer fans are like religious converts on that issue.
Anyway, I have tickets to the game, and since my daughter is a fan of Liverpool, I will loudly call them THE Spurs just to urinate off their fans.
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TheLine
PhD Student
Posts: 1242
Age: 49
Reg: 07-07-09
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04-11-12 01:34 PM - Post#128215
In response to palestra38
The fans of Tottenham Hotspur might disagree that 'The Spurs' is a convention instead of being just wrong.
Back to the original thread - this is a great honor for Zack. Well deserved.
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pennhoops
Postdoc
Posts: 2118
Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: Another Award for Rosen
04-11-12 02:14 PM - Post#128219
In response to palestra38
Anyway, I have tickets to the game, and since my daughter is a fan of Liverpool, I will loudly call them THE Spurs just to urinate off their fans.
My rooting allegiance finds nothing wrong with Spurs-bashing so yell all you want, but it's not going to reflect well on you, even with the Scousers.
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palestra38
Professor
Posts: 8681
Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: Another Award for Rosen
04-11-12 02:25 PM - Post#128220
In response to pennhoops
"The" Scousers?
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QuakerPTPer
Sophomore
Posts: 155
Reg: 10-31-06
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Re: Another Award for Rosen
04-11-12 03:14 PM - Post#128221
In response to palestra38
Congrats Zack.
Regarding the off topic discussion:
We're completely missing the statistics dimension. If this Spurs debate is going to even come close to the "Close Games" thread we need to get Dodgy Lasagna in here to throw down some numbers.
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pennhoops
Postdoc
Posts: 2118
Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: Another Award for Rosen
04-11-12 03:30 PM - Post#128222
In response to palestra38
"The" Scousers?
Edited by pennhoops on 04-11-12 03:31 PM. Reason for edit: Yes, I know the post is blank, but I really don't know what to say here
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